Telephone-support.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903.

J. S. YOUNG.

TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 21, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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JOHN S. YOUNG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,348, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed May 21, 1902. Serial No. 108,431. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residingin Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement .in Telephone-Supports, of which the following plied to an ordinary telephone-stand, the receiver being shown by broken lines.

A represents the stand, a, the transmitter, and a the receiver-hook, of an ordinary form of telephone. The support for the receiver, which constitutes the essential feature of my invention, comprises a clampingband B, bracket-arm G, and holder D, formed of suitable material, preferably metal.

The clamping-band B, while adapted to be attached to any convenient support, is shown as applied to the body portion of the transmitter a. It is provided near its ends with holes, through which passes a clamping-bolt 19. One of the ends of the clamping-band is bent over the head of said bolt, as shown at b, to prevent its accidental displacement. The clamping-band is also provided with an opening through which passes clamping-bolt 12 said bolt being introduced from the inner side of the band, so that when the band is in operative position the bolt is held in place. The function of the clamping-bolt b is to adjustably support bracket-arm O.

The bracket-arm O is composed of a single piece of wire bent into a loop at one end, as at c, to form a slot 0 through which clamping-bolt b projects, and at its opposite end it is formed into an eye 0, which supports and to which is clamped the holder D. The bracket-arm 0 between the slot 0 and the eye 0 consists of a substantially horizontal portion 0 bent at an angle to slot 0 and a substantially vertical portion a, bent at an angle to the eye 0'.

The holder D is formed from a single piece of wire looped between its ends, forming an eye (1, adapted to rest upon the eye 0 of the bracket-arm O and to be pivotally secured thereto by means of a clamping-bolt d. The holder D is bent at its ends into verticallydisposed hooks (Z (i which form a rest for the receiver. By reason of the slot 0 of the bracketarm O and the clamping-bolt b the holder D may be adjusted along a line substantially parallel to the clamping-band B and to the axis of the transmitter, permitting the holder D to be adjusted to or away from the clamping-band and transmitter and also vertically with respect thereto, and by reason of the pivotal support for the holder D said holder may be adjusted horizontally to any desired angle with respect to the transmitter, the vertical portion 0 of the bracket-arm O permitting a complete rotation of the holder around the clamping-bolt d.

It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details of structure shown and described, as many changes may be made Within the scope of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a telephone, the combination of a holder for a receiver, a transmitter, means for attaching the holder to the transmitter and means for adjusting the holder along a line parallel to the axis of the transmitter and also vertically with respect to said transmitter, substantially as described.

2. In a telephone, the combination of a clamping-band, a holder and a bracket-arm, said arm formed at one end to support the holder and provided at the other end with a slot, and a clamping-bolt for attaching said bracketarm to the clamping-band, substantially as described.

3. In a telephone, the combination of a clamping-band, a holder and a bracket-arm, said bracket-arm being provided at one end with a slot, a clamping-bolt extending outwardly through the clamping -band and through the slot of the braoket-ar1n,and means for securing the holder to the opposite end of the bracket-arm, substantially as described.

4. In a telephone, the combination of a transmitter, a clamping-band secured to the body of the transmitter, said band carrying an outwardly-extending clamping-bolt, a bracket-arm provided at one end with a slot and at the other end with an eye, said outwardly extending clamping bolt passing through said slot, a holder, and a clampingbolt for pivotally securing the holder to the eye of the bracket-arm, substantially as described.

5. In a telephone, the combination of a holder for a receiver, a transmitter, a clamping-band surrounding the body of the transmitter, a bracket-arm, formed at one end with a slot and at its opposite end, with an eye, the bracket-arm between its ends consisting of a substantially horizontal portion, bent at an angle to the slot, and a substantially vertical portion, bent at an angle to the eye, a clamping-bolt for securing the slotted end of the bracket-arm to the clamping-band, and a clamping-bolt for securing the holder to said eye, substantially as described.

6. In a telephone, the combination of a holder for a receiver, composed of a single piece of Wire, looped between its ends to form an eye, a transmitter, a clamping-band,adapted to be applied to the body of the transmitter, a bracket-arm, formed at one end with a slot and at the other end with an eye, said bracket-arm being bent between its ends into a substantially horizontal portion at an angle to said slot, and a substantially vertical portion at an angle to said eye, a clampingbolt for secn ring the bracket-arm to the clamping-band and a clamping-bolt for securing the holder to the bracket-arm, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. YOUNG.

Vitnesses:

A. W. YOUNG, HARRY J. YOUNG. 

